Insecure direct object reference in Modoboa API auto-reply creation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
Modoboa before 2.8.0 contains an insecure direct object reference that lets authenticated users create auto-reply messages for arbitrary mailboxes by supplying another user's mbox value. Attackers can inject attacker-controlled auto-reply subject and content into victims' settings, or break their auto-reply management through MultipleObjectsReturned errors. The flaw is an authorization bypass through a user-controlled key (CWE-639), and an attacker needs only a low-privileged authenticated account.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
Modoboa before 2.8.0 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability that allows authenticated users to create auto-reply messages for arbitrary mailboxes by supplying another user's mbox value. Attackers can POST to /api/v2/armessages/ to inject attacker-controlled auto-reply subject and content into victims' settings or break their auto-reply management via MultipleObjectsReturned errors.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade modoboa to version 2.8.0 or later, which fixes this flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA modoboa (modoboa) Fixed in 2.8.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
modoboa 2.8.0
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-76927 Insecure direct object reference in Modoboa alarm bulk deletionPriority LOW 24
Timeline
- 2026-10-20 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-113599
- 2026-10-20 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-21 Alias added: GHSA-rg3x-36vj-2j2w
References
More modoboa vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-02089 Improper Authorization in modoboa/modoboa CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2023-05233 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in modoboa/modoboa CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-02028 Weak Password Requirements in modoboa/modoboa CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00737 Authentication Bypass by Primary Weakness in modoboa/modoboa CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-00815 Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts in modoboa/modoboa-installer CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-21988 Modoboa has an OS Command Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2026-113599 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-113599 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rg3x-36vj-2j2w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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